Motorized wheelchairs are a great invention, giving millions of disabled people mobility and independence but they’re still prohibitively expensive. Even with insurance, it can take families years to save up the cash to buy one. An alternative is the NEWS (New Electric Wheelchairs) by Ju Hyun Lee. The contraption attaches to any standard wheelchair giving you instant motorized power. Great for hospitals, nursing homes, physical therapy centers, and a future episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Designer: Ju Hyun Lee

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Cracked nipples and the agony of nursing a hungry baby at the same time is quite a severe situation that only moms will understand. Breast pumps are a solution and even if we use it for convenience purposes, the whole idea of an artificial nipple squeezer is quite alien to a lactating mother. The goal of the IUNO Breast Pump is not to offer a quick pumping session, but to offer a comforting, more intimate and less intimidating experience. The bowl is shaped more like a baby’s head than a bottle tube for that sake.

How does it work:

Instead of a funnel connected to a bottle, the part of the pump held against the breast is a sphere. It encompasses all the different parts that are found in today’s pumps: funnel, diaphragm, valve and milk reservoir.

The funnel’s shape has been designed to be more organic and closer to what actually goes on in a baby’s mouth during suckling during which the nipple’s shape is changed and the areola is massaged against the baby’s palate. In addition, the funnel is lined with a separate thick silicone lining for the mother’s comfort. It is this lining that massages the area surrounding the nipple when the vacuum is applied.

The base houses the pump itself as well as holding the sphere when it’s not held by the mother. It includes a digital timer as well as controls for the vacuum levels and the number of cycles per minute.

Designer: Dan Almagor

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Asthmatics should regularly monitor their airways to determine if there’s any deterioration, but checking in to see a doctor that frequently is time consuming so designer Felix (love that name) created Blue Flow. The system combines a peak flow monitor with mobile phone software. Information is wirelessly transmitted to the phone for your doctor to monitor. The information gathered can be used to determine the best course of action since the condition is finicky and changes based on a number of health and environmental variables.

Designer: Felix Steinhardt

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I am not even kidding. This project has German people, lasers, and dentists who use lasers on German people in it. German people in the pre-cursor to the project, if you will. The designer of this project, Muna Sawas, found 50% of Deutsch citizens to be totally afraid to visit their dentist. So what’s to be done? Make a practically pain-free, totally awesome laser therapy method. With lasers! On the teeth!

Made to be an entry-level tool for dentists who plan on using laser therapy in the future. The “Dio-Lase” uses a 7-watt diode laser and covers the main treatments of soft tissue. No wires, the laser is completely self-contained in this little handheld device. Adjustable laser head, perfect for fitting in the mouth, 180 degrees of laser lovliness.

I’m not sure HOW it works, but it does seem pretty fab, doesn’t it?

Designer: Muna Sawas

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That’s how pretty this is! Believe it! Have you ever had the need for an infusion? Perhaps a bag of fresh fluids in your veins to clean you up a little bit, or maybe you’re low on blood? Sometimes when this is a need, you also just happen to be living in New York, where you’re not allowed to sit still for more than a couple minutes or you’ve lost your job and lifestyle! So what do you do? You get a “Hook Man!” Designed by Chaozhi Li, a fabulous inventor who’s got style on the mind as well! When I first saw this design, I thought it was for some Tron body armor!

When using this product, you’ve got your liquid up on top, the tube running down your arm, and the IV plugged into your hand like usual. When the substance is about to run out, an alarm sounds and you can pop it out and keep on going on your way!

Safe? Sound?

Designer: Chaozhi Li

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One, two, three, and you’ve got an elegant solution to hearing loss. Very pretty in each! First you’ve got the hearing devices themselves, one in each ear, two, you’ve got two rings, one ring on each finger for manual volume adjustment control, three, the charging and display case. All of them together create “El,” also known as “El-Egance.” Now you will be excellent, and if I might say so myself, I’m quite surprised this doesn’t also have an mp3 component. Maybe version 2.0!

Ryan Kirkpatrick’s more concerned about those who have a hearing loss, moreso than those who wish to blow their ears out with music. So!

We’ve got the design of these lovely things: it’s a move away from the desire to hide the hearing aid. Kirkpatrick notes that hiding the earpiece often comes at the expense of the technological componentry (like maybe it’s not so good.) Instead the “El” is large enough to contain state-of-the-art technology.

In functionality and form, you’ll notice of course those rings just as much as the earpieces here. Look at them! They’re gorgeous! This first version is cast of Argentium Silver, but of course in the future gold, platinum, and set-in stones like diamonds and such are possible.

The earpiece features 20 millimeters of space between the microphone and the reciever to reduce acoustic feedback and “the microphone is positioned in such a way as to utilise the natural function of the pinna and achieve best directional sound.”

And the recharger? Man. That allows these devices to operate without having to replace the batteries.

Designer: Ryan Kirkpatrick

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Designed by Moon Sun-Hee | Country: Korea (?)

We only have patchy information on this design so if anyone can help us fill in the gaps we’d love to hear from you in the comments below.

The medi flower stands on a desk or table to as a visual reminder to take your medicine. The idea of arranging medicine in a visually interesting format is a good one; the number of petals (pills) on the flower could be designed to indicate  the intervals in a day’s worth of medication for those with a lot of pills to take, or could alternatively symbolize one day per petal. Having seven petals could work well where birth control is concerned.

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Oh but it’s much much more. The Sikker (Danish for safety) is a jack of all trades baby monitor, radio, alarm clock, and watch. One bracelet stays on baby; the other on parent. The units work in tandem with the base station to transmit basic biometric data about baby’s condition like temperature. The units also transmit sounds and even remotely play music for baby.

Designers: Jessica Mendoza & Henoc Monte

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And this is EASILY the best one ever. Best possible cane. Why? Because it’s made out of a broom handle. That’s right! What better use is there, besides stabbing zombies in their utterly exposed brain matter, for a broom?! None. It goes zombie stabbing, Walking Cane designed by Itay Laniado, then maybe cleaning up the floor. That’s in order of what’s best to do with a broom, not the order you’re supposed to use the broom in. Then it’s just the opposite.

I’m sorry this post turned so quickly into a zombie instructional monolog, but there are certain things people are going to have to know when the invasion comes. Actually, when you think about it, these are the kind of canes we’ll almost certainly be using years after the hoard of zombies has subsided. It’s really a DIY cane, easy to construct, great for war-stricken areas and 3rd or 4th or 5th world areas.

Designer: Itay Laniado

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Time is a good healer but without grit, determination and efforts, the range of motion to the affected limbs of a Stroke patient can take longer to recover than expected. Move On is a temporary training device that helps patients recover faster and get over their motion awkwardness. Apparently the muscle signals of those affected by a stroke are too low for complete contraction, but when Move On is strapped to the patient, it senses adynamic muscle signals and translates them into a desired movement.

Due to an inverse stimulus, people get their normal motor skills. The Orthosis gives the patient the minimum amount of support necessary to gain back muscle power, towards a total recovery.
Move On helps people move and get integrated into a normal life again.

Desoigner: Matthias Menzel

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